GB2622742A - Dye sublimation apparatus with a multi-zone independent heater control - Google Patents
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- GB2622742A GB2622742A GB2400136.4A GB202400136A GB2622742A GB 2622742 A GB2622742 A GB 2622742A GB 202400136 A GB202400136 A GB 202400136A GB 2622742 A GB2622742 A GB 2622742A
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
- B41M5/00—Duplicating or marking methods; Sheet materials for use therein
- B41M5/025—Duplicating or marking methods; Sheet materials for use therein by transferring ink from the master sheet
- B41M5/035—Duplicating or marking methods; Sheet materials for use therein by transferring ink from the master sheet by sublimation or volatilisation of pre-printed design, e.g. sublistatic
- B41M5/0358—Duplicating or marking methods; Sheet materials for use therein by transferring ink from the master sheet by sublimation or volatilisation of pre-printed design, e.g. sublistatic characterised by the mechanisms or artifacts to obtain the transfer, e.g. the heating means, the pressure means or the transport means
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
- B41F16/00—Transfer printing apparatus
- B41F16/0006—Transfer printing apparatus for printing from an inked or preprinted foil or band
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
- B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
- B41J2/315—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material
- B41J2/32—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads
- B41J2/325—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads by selective transfer of ink from ink carrier, e.g. from ink ribbon or sheet
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
- B41J2202/00—Embodiments of or processes related to ink-jet or thermal heads
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Abstract
An illustrative dye sublimation apparatus may include a heating surface that may have multiple zones. Each zone may include a single individually controlled heater. A controller may control the heater to generate a range of heat and not merely turn the heater ON and OFF. Therefore, one or more controllers may individually regulate heat from corresponding heaters in the zones thereby maintaining a constant and nearly constant temperature throughout the bed of the dye sublimation apparatus in the heating surface. Furthermore, one or more controllers may maintain a first range of temperature during a first state of a dye sublimation process and a second range of temperature during a second stage of the dye sublimation process.
Claims (20)
1. A dye sublimation apparatus for infusing an image on a printed sheet to a substrate, the dye sublimation apparatus comprising: a heating surface comprising a plurality of zones, wherein the heating surface is configured to radiate heat toward the printed sheet; and one or more controllers configured to individually regulate heat from each of the plurality of zones, wherein each of the plurality of zones comprises an individually regulated heater.
2. The dye sublimation apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more controllers are further configured to receive a temperature measurement from a thermocouple and utilize the temperature measurement to individually regulate heat from each of the plurality of zones.
3. The dye sublimation apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more controllers are further configured to cause a first subset of the plurality of zones near a center of the heating surface to generate less heat than a second subset of the plurality of zones near a periphery of the heating surface.
4. The dye sublimation apparatus of claim 1, wherein the individually regulated heater is an electrical heater.
5. The dye sublimation apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more controllers are further configured to maintain a constant or an approximately constant temperature within the heating surface throughout the process of infusing the image into the substrate by individually regulating heat from each of the plurality of zones.
6. The dye sublimation apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more controllers are further configured to maintain a first temperature range at a first stage of the process of infusing the image into the substrate and maintain a second temperature range at a second stage of the process of infusing the image into the substrate.
7. The dye sublimation apparatus of claim 1, wherein the heating surface containing the plurality of zones is convex with respect to the bed of the dye-sublimation apparatus.
8. The dye sublimation apparatus of claim 1, wherein the heating surface containing the plurality of zones is concave with respect to the bed of the dye-sublimation apparatus.
9. The dye sublimation apparatus of claim 1, wherein the plurality of zones are more concentrated near a center of the heating surface compared to a periphery of the heating surface.
10. The dye sublimation apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more controllers are configured to sequentially activate the individually controlled heaters for each of the plurality of zones.
11. A method for infusing an image on a printed sheet to a substrate through dye sublimation, the method comprising: heating, by a plurality of heaters on a heating surface of a dye sublimation apparatus, the printed sheet to sublimate one or more dyes forming the image, such that the one or more dyes travel into the substrate in a gaseous state and deposit into the substrate in a solid state to infuse the image into the substrate, the heating surface comprising a plurality of zones wherein each of the plurality of zones comprises a heater; and regulating, by one or more controllers of the dye sublimation apparatus, heat from each of the plurality of zones.
12. The method of claim 11, further comprising: receiving, by the one or more controllers, a temperature measurement from a thermocouple; and individually regulating, by the one or more controllers, heat from each of the plurality of zones based upon the temperature measurement.
13. The method of claim 11, further comprising: causing, by the one or more controllers, a first subset of the plurality of zones near a center of the heating surface to generate less heat than the a second subset of the plurality of zones near a periphery of the heating surface.
14. The method of claim 11, wherein the heater is an electrical heater.
15. The method of claim 11, further comprising: maintaining, by the one or more controllers, a constant or an approximately constant temperature within the heating surface throughout the process of infusing the image into the substrate by individually regulating heat from each of the plurality of zones.
16. The method of claim 11, further comprising: maintaining, by the one or more controllers, a first temperature range at a first stage of the process of infusing the image into the substrate; and maintaining, by the one or more controllers, a second temperature range at a second stage of the process of infusing the image into the substrate.
17. The method of claim 11, wherein the heating surface containing the plurality of zones is convex with respect to the bed of the dye-sublimation apparatus.
18. The method of claim 11, wherein the heating surface containing the plurality of zones is concave with respect to the bed of the dye-sublimation apparatus.
19. The method of claim 11, wherein the plurality of zones are more concentrated near a center of the heating surface compared to a periphery of the heating surface.
20. The method of claim 11, further comprising: sequentially activating, by the one or more controllers, the heaters of each of the plurality of zones.
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| US202163217724P | 2021-07-01 | 2021-07-01 | |
| PCT/US2022/035504 WO2023278560A1 (en) | 2021-07-01 | 2022-06-29 | Dye sublimation apparatus with a multi-zone independent heater control |
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| US20120196085A1 (en) * | 2007-07-10 | 2012-08-02 | 3Form, Inc. | Forming resin substrates using dye sublimation and substrates formed using the same |
| US20170246881A1 (en) * | 2014-09-29 | 2017-08-31 | Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. | Thermal transfer printer and printing method using same |
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| US5644351A (en) * | 1992-12-04 | 1997-07-01 | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. | Thermal gradation printing apparatus |
| US20020113857A1 (en) * | 2000-10-31 | 2002-08-22 | Seiichi Jimbo | Method of driving a thermal line printer and thermal line printer |
| US20040165055A1 (en) * | 2001-06-01 | 2004-08-26 | Clifton Andrew Alec | Thermal transfer printing |
| US20120196085A1 (en) * | 2007-07-10 | 2012-08-02 | 3Form, Inc. | Forming resin substrates using dye sublimation and substrates formed using the same |
| US20170246881A1 (en) * | 2014-09-29 | 2017-08-31 | Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. | Thermal transfer printer and printing method using same |
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